Stipa capensis

Stipa capensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
(unranked): Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Genus: Stipa
Species: S. capensis
Binomial name
Stipa capensis
Thunb.

Stipa capensis (Mediterranean steppegrass or twisted-awned speargrass) is an annual grass from family Poaceae.[1]

In Persian it is called Bahman and is probably the same plant which was used in the Persian festivity of Bahmanagān.

Sources

  1. ^ http://www.cal-ipc.org/ip/management/plant_profiles/Stipa_capensis.php